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Nursing homes facilities push to vaccinate staff ahead of federal mandate
ATLANTA — Ahead of the impending COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers across the county, many elderly ... Read more
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Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating ... Read more
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Medicare copays for new Alzheimer’s drug could reach $11,500
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug would raise Medicare premiums broadly, and some patients who are ... Read more
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Medicare for 60-year-olds not guaranteed to be a better deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and progressive Democrats have proposed to lower Medicare’s eligibility age to 60, ... Read more
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Systemic inequalities make COVID-19 worse for minorities, doctor says
MOULTRIE, Ga. -- Dr. Stacie Fairley grew up in the small, rural town of Collins, Mississippi. It took ... Read more
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Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial condition of the government's two biggest benefit programs remains shaky, with Medicare expected ... Read more
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US nursing homes warn of looming shortage of masks and gowns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next week because ... Read more
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Warren health care plan pledges no middle class tax increase
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren promised Friday to spend more than $20 trillion over the next decade to ... Read more
Opinion
Rant and Rave for Oct. 22, 2019
Why hasn’t Expo brought more businesses here? “After all these years of having the Sunbelt EXPO, why hasn’t ... Read more
Lifestyles
Calendar for Oct. 17, 2019
Fellowship Sinner Friend Church will hold a housewarming fellowship for Sis. Clara Hurst and Deacon Earnest Hurst, former ... Read more